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Filter Upgrade - Fluval FX6/FX5

Simply Shrimps

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I was inspired by Pondguru and his video series 'Pimp my filter' that I had to give one of his upgrades a go. Check out his channel for more great videos.

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20 Comments

@commensence 7 years ago

HI Simply Shrimps. I´d like to offer u a tip. When taking of the hoses (in/out). Before u turn off the pump, close the intake, let it run 1-2 sec, shut off the out valve at the same time turning off the pump itself. This way u push out a bit of Water, leaving less Water to "overflow" taking off the valves.

@Wes.264 4 years ago (edited)

Finally a video on how to properly setup a filter. Pondguru has it down to a science. Too many people think clear water is healthy water. Buy a test kit and be assured the water is healthy for the fish.

@iLLFXdrUms 2 years ago

While I think in theory this should work better I was personally a little underwhelmed by the results lol! My sponges are still plugging along, but I’ll probably replace them with this method. Thanks for sharing!

@HerballyMe 8 years ago

I LOVE Pondguru and practice what he preaches -- onemore pimp I did on my FX 6 wast to take out the floss trays in the middle and use a course, medium, then fine floss in that center section on top..... I am changing every 4 months on my 125 with heavy bioload. Go Pondguru!

@Mister.B.01 4 months ago

Late to the party, but awesome video and editing. Hope you're still pimping out your filters 7 years later brother 🙏

@timothyobrien2368 7 years ago

Nice pimp job - it is very good that you can in fact extend the maintenance on your filter with this method. 👍

@daveogmiles6152 6 years ago

i love that trap trap trap trap bit hahah

@daveogmiles6152 6 years ago

i allways wrap a towel as well

@briggjohnson358 6 years ago (edited)

I know we all love the beneficial bacteria..in the filter..however use that drain hose that came with the Fx6 save your water..but go back and clean out the bottom of the canister...remove sludge ..or sand and check your propeller motor housing for sludge or sand...clean it out ..trust me the motor is priority #1 for healthy fish and crystal water..avoid damaging a $335.00 filter.

@terrywallis9304 7 years ago

A great review thank you, it’s good to see a comparison of before and after, most of the reviews you see on YouTube only show what changes they make and hope that you believe that it works, but I do know that this one works as I done it to my fx4. Again thank you.

@stelarter9276 5 years ago (edited)

ive pimped both my FX6's on my big tank and both fluval 406's on my growing on tanks, all pimped sponges and all with biohome ultimate

@darrylmoore5847 8 years ago

Great video. I find that putting an intake sponge on the filter intake is an amazing help.

@LordBonesaw 3 years ago

Awesome video bro got ya self a new sub

@pondguru 8 years ago

Great video, man and I'm glad it worked for you as the whole goal is to increase times between maintenance and still effectively remove particles (and ensure that water is as healthy as possible)
In a couple of weeks your fish produce a mighty amount of poop, lol
I designed an upgrade for the FX filter itself a couple of days ago so I'm going to have a go altering the actual structure of the filter to make a prototype when I get a spare hour or two. I'm hoping it can increase the potential load of media from 5kg to nearer 8kg within the same sized filter and still maintain good mechanical filtration.

@benmillns6209 6 years ago

I did this to my FX6. I still use the Fluval Max Clean blue pads on top of the filter floss though as it saves the floss from clogging so quickly.

@lesliecarter205 5 years ago

next time just turn of inlet wait ten seconds then turn of outlet then unplug pump. it will pump a little out so you dont get water over pump

@jgurdon 5 years ago

Great video, I just want to add that you should never change all filter foams out at once because there’s good bacteria in them and your risking disrupting the cycling of your tank. Sadly, these fx series filters are just huge sponge filters so most bacteria are in the foam sponges. You always change half of the sponges at a time, so if it’s an fx6 (change 3 in intervals)

@aquariumadventures 8 years ago

I love a pimped filter!

@sage6336 7 years ago

you go into your filter every two weeks ? wow !!! I do my 306 twice a year :-)

@jmeheliboy 6 years ago

Simply Shrimps i have a tip for you when refilling the filter theres not need to use the siphoning tube you only need to put the incoming filter hose on but not the out going one open the incoming and turn it off before it overflows (you'll hear it) then put the out going tube on and turn the filter on hope this helps